Another ‘Game of Thrones’ episode leaks ahead of air date

Another episode of "Game of Thrones" was released earlier than the planned air date — but this time it's HBO's fault.

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The penultimate episode of the fantasy show's 7th season, titled "Death Is the Enemy" and set to air this coming Sunday, was available Tuesday in Spain and in Nordic countries thanks to an HBO error.

The on-demand service of the premium cable network in Europe had episode 6 available to watch for an hour on Tuesday.

Episode 6 of “Game of Thrones” leaked early — this time, HBO itself might be to blame. (Helen Sloan/Courtesy of HBO)

"The error appears to have originated with a third party vendor and the episode was removed as soon as it was recognized," HBO Europe told the Associated Press Wednesday.

But the damage was done — bootleg footage of the episode (someone recorded the show on their TV) has appeared online and on social media.

Reddit user kindgdgz posted a screenshot of the episode airing on TV in the group /r/freefolk, a "Game of Thrones" message board, along with a two-minute clip from the episode (warning: spoilers).

The leak was not related to the HBO hack earlier this month, where hackers stole 1.5 terabytes of data, including episodes of other HBO shows like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's "Ballers" and the new anthology series "Room 104."

On Wednesday, according to Mashable, those same hackers released new files relating to "Game of Thrones" and other HBO series, including production diaries and shooting locations, but no new episodes of the fantasy series.

And the network's woes didn't stop there.

On Wednesday night, hacking group OurMine — who have previously hacked Netflix, Marvel and Google's social media accounts — took over both the HBO and "Game of Thrones" official Twitter accounts.

"Hi, OurMine are here, we are just testing your security," the group wrote in a bizarre message. "HBO team please contact us to upgrade the security - ourmine .org - > Contact."

Earlier this month, episode 4 of this "Thrones" season, called "The Spoils of War,"leaked onlineahead of its air date. Many thought it was related to the HBO hack, but the cable company said it wasn't. The hackers did, however, leak the script of episode 4 ahead of time.

Episode 4's unanticipated video release was the actions offour employeesat media company Star India. These employees, who have yet to be identified, are accused of criminal breach of trust and computer related offenses and will be in Indian police custody until Aug. 21.

What happens to Gendry and his hammer in episode 6 of “Game of Thrones?” Some viewers have found out early. (Helen Sloan/Courtesy of HBO)

Despite the leaks, the seventh season of the gory medieval fantasy series has not suffered any loss in viewers. The leaked fourth episode still reached a new series ratings record of 10.2 million viewers.

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HBO has struggled with leaks for the popular series in the past. In 2015, the first four episodes of the fifth season leaked a day before the premiere. Those episodes, however, weren't from a hack or an error, but from a group of people approved to receive them, according to HBO at the time.